University of La Laguna

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University of La Laguna

Universidad de La Laguna
Seal of the University of La Laguna
Type	Public
Established	1927; 97 years ago (1927) reorganized in 1989
Location	San Cristóbal de La Laguna , Canary Islands , Spain
Website	ull.es

The University of La Laguna (ULL; Spanish: Universidad de La Laguna) is a public research university situated in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, on the island of Tenerife, Spain. It is the oldest university in the Canary Islands. The university has six campuses: Central, Anchieta, Guajara, Campus del Sur, Ofra and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

In 2015, the University of La Laguna entered the ranking of the top 500 universities in the world by

In the year 2018, the CWUR ranking places the University of La Laguna in the position 446 of the world's universities, and in the number 13 among the Spanish ones.^[7] The rankings of faculties such as Physics is in the position 134 of the world, the Faculty of Mathematics is in the interval between the 401 and 500 of the best universities in the world and the Faculty of Medicine among the 200 best in the world according to the Shanghai ranking.

In 2019, the

The University of La Laguna has 13 University Research Institutes. The University Research Institutes are centers of relevance and activity dedicated to scientific, technical and artistic research. The Canarian Astrophysics Institute and the University Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of the Canary Islands are internationally renowned.

History

Its origins date to the year 1701 when a center for advanced studies was established by the Augustinians in the town of La Laguna. A papal bull of 1744 proposed that it be converted into the Ecclesiastical University of San Agustín.

In 1792, by royal decree,

The university, with its current name, was created with the same decree that divided the Canary Islands into two provinces in 1927,^[11] and reorganized in 1989,^[12] which led to the creation of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Units

Split their units in the cities of San Cristóbal de La Laguna and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Moreover, its activity includes university curricula such as the university's environmental La Palma, the Summer University of Lanzarote, the Summer University of La Gomera, the Summer University of Adeje (Tenerife), Classrooms El Hierro Sea, and university extension courses, in some municipalities of Tenerife and other islands.

Traditions

One of the most popular student traditions at La Laguna University is the popular

• María Rosa Alonso (1909–2011), Spanish professor, philologist, essayist
• María José Guerra Palmero (born 1962), Spanish philosopher and professor
• Carolina Mallol
• Irene González Hernández (1969-2014), researcher and astrophysicist,

See also

• University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
• List of early modern universities in Europe

References

External links

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• Official website